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@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ From empty persistence: the deploy migrates the schema at startup (INV-7); then
 real sign-up → one-time code arriving by **real email** → create storefront → admin,
 through the public flows alone. Record each rehearsal here when it happens.
 
+**Rehearsals:**
+
+- **2026-06-11 — PPE first bootstrap (v0.4.0, session 0024): ✅** First-ever ecomm
+  deploy (`flotilla-core deploy ecomm`, 9/9 phases green, deploys.id=40) onto a
+  freshly provisioned environment — project `wiggleverse-ecomm`, Cloud SQL
+  `ecomm-ppe-pg` (provisioned by launch-app `provision-datastore`, first run), VM
+  `ecomm-ppe`. The app self-migrated the empty database at startup; the operator
+  then walked sign-up → real emailed code (Gmail relay) → create storefront →
+  honestly-empty admin in a browser, through the public flows alone. Findings
+  captured: OTC email branding (#16); identity should outgrow ecomm
+  (engineering#49/#50).
+
 ## Production
 
 Lands with the prod stand-up — the **identical gesture** on a prod deployment record